Thiru maal irum sOlai - part 12 - kaatu azhagar kOil
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• February 21, 1997
Subject: Thiru maal irum sOlai - part 12 - kaatu azhagar kOil Once there was a saint by name Sri Sudabha. He was doing a penance in thiru maal irum sOlai. One day when he was doing his neeraattal (snAnam) Sage Durvasa and his disciples passed by. Saint sudhaba didn't take notice of them as he was immersed in the water and meditating. Since this was not the protocol one can observe to a munivar like sage durvasar, Durvasar got angry and cursed him "Since you didn't pay attention to my arrival and was immersed in water all the time, you be born as a frog that dwell in the water". Sage Sudhaba realized the curse and apologized and pleaded to sage durvasa for remedy. "You will goto the hill station "Dharmaathri" where Sriman narayana is ever living (in nityavasam) and do a penance. Then this curse will be relieved. Saint Sudhaba pleaded "I am used to worshipping everyday our Lord SundaraRajan of thiru maal irum sOlai only. Hence I must worship the same Lord in that place". Sage Durvasar granted" So be it". Thus our Lord Sundararajan perumal went to varAha parvatham and in particular the darmaathri parvatham and appeared for darshan. Thus the kaatu ahazgar kOil in this place is also having our Lord azhagar as the presiding deity. This piece of history is presented in Srivilipuththur sthala varaLaaRu. Sri ANDAL samEtha Sri KaLLazhagar thiruvadikaLE charaNam Sampath Rengarajan